Armenia ratifies statute to accept International Criminal Court jurisdiction

3/10/2023 18:57

        Armenia's parliament on Tuesday ratified the founding statute of the International Criminal Court, subjecting itself to the jurisdiction of the court in The Hague, in a move certain to irritate its ally Russia.
        
        A spokeswoman for parliament said 60 deputies had voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the ICC, and to adopt a statement on retroactive recognition of ICC jurisdiction, and 22 had voted against.
        
        Russian-Armenian ties have been badly strained by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and Moscow's inaction as Armenia's neighbour Azerbaijan recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh, a region controlled for three decades by ethnic Armenians, most of whom have now fled.